Calidad de vida en el adulto mayor en las parroquias rurales de la ciudad de Cuenca, 2013

Abstract

Introduction. According to the OMS in 2000 there were about 600 million older adults; this number would double by 2025, considering that individuals are vulnerable, and that they live with very poor social consideration which would determine their quality of life.

General objective. Set the Quality of Life for Older adults who live in rural parishes of Cuenca in 2013.

Methodology. Descriptive study which allowed us to know how older adults see themselves and their environment. We worked with 350 senior citizens, applying the instrument WHOQOL - BREF, developed by OMS with 26 questions, which compares the quality of life in terms of social, biological, physical and psychological determinants studied during 2013. SPSS15 program was used with frequency measurements, standard deviated, Chi square.

Results. The average of age was 74.8 years. The 61.27% responded that their quality of life in general is normal, at least 1 of 4 older adults rated as poor quality of life. According satisfaction with their health, 48.3% answered satisfactorily, however 44.9% feel dissatisfied and 2.6% very dissatisfied, the best results were men who live with their mates and have completed high school. Discussion. We found that in most cases it is good or acceptable and extreme scores were not recorded, indeed, most came to the midpoint, the lowest scores were observed in the domain environment.

KEYWORDS: QUALITY OF LIFE, OLDER ADULTS, HEALTH, AGING